Title

Barefoot girls sifting dust in a brickyard, 1871. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Barefoot girls sifting dust in a brickyard, 1871. The dust was coal or a mixture of iron and coal dust. It was estimated that at this time there were between 20,000 and 30,000 children aged between 5 and 16 at work in British brickyards.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1871

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B63_212

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,0Mb (4,6Mb) / 8,8in x 13,3in / 2633 x 3981 (300dpi)

Keywords

people child children working work British Victorian century Britain sifting concept exploitation B&W wheelbarrow hardship MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century dust Oxford Science Archive brickyard child labour wood engraving Unknown wood engraving